Chaotic time dependence in a disordered spin system

Citation
Lrg. Fontes et al., Chaotic time dependence in a disordered spin system, PROB TH REL, 115(3), 1999, pp. 417-443
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
PROBABILITY THEORY AND RELATED FIELDS
ISSN journal
01788051 → ACNP
Volume
115
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
417 - 443
Database
ISI
SICI code
0178-8051(199911)115:3<417:CTDIAD>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Stochastic Ising and voter models on Z(d) are natural examples of Markov pr ocesses with compact state spaces. When the initial state is chosen uniform ly at random, can it happen that the distribution at time t has multiple (s ubsequence) limits as t --> infinity? Yes for the d = 1 Voter Model with Ra ndom Rates (VMRR)- which is the same as a d = 1 rate-disordered stochastic Ising model at zero temperature - if the disorder distribution is heavy-tai led. No (at least in a weak sense) for the VMRR when the tail is light or d greater than or equal to 2, These results are based on an analysis of the "localization" properties of Random Walks with Random Rates. Mathematics Su bject Classification (1991): 60K35, 82B44.